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Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa'

£230

latest hammer price

Rare at auction· 5 lots a year

Auction lots

5

Houses

1

Last sold

26 days ago

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' is a collectable Scotch whisky from Kanosuke, bottled in 2018. Based on 5 recorded auction lots across 4 months of trading data, the current median hammer price is £120, with the most recent sale at £230. Over the trading window, prices have ranged from £83 (low) to £230 (high). Accounting for lot-to-lot variation, a realistic valuation range for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' is £195–£265 15% around the latest sale).

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About Kanosuke

Kanosuke is a whisky distillery. Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' is a no-age-statement bottling, released in 2018.

What drives this bottle's value

  • Single cask

    A single-cask bottling (cask 004) comes from one strictly limited outturn rather than a large batch.

These are scarcity and demand signals drawn from the bottle's own attributes — they describe the bottle, not a prediction of future price. Not investment advice.

Release & bottling facts

Distillery
Kanosuke
Bottled
2018
Cask number
004
Bottle size
700ml

Latest sale

£230

24-month median

£120

24-month high

£230

24-month low

£83

Estimated value · likely range

£195–£265 ±15%

Auction hammers swing lot to lot with condition, fill level and timing. Treat this band — not a single figure — as the bottle's value.

Market presence

last 12 months

Rare at auctiononly a handful of lots a year

Seen at auction

5 lots

Cadence

≈ every 73 days

Houses

1

Activity rank

top 17% of tracked bottles

Last seen

26 days ago

Across the auction houses wsky1 tracks.

Price history (monthly median)

£80£158£237Nov 25May 26Jun 26Aug 26

Recent auction results

MonthMedianLots
August 2026£2301
June 2026£832
May 2026£1201
November 2025£1201

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Frequently asked questions

How rare is Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' at auction?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' appeared in 5 auction lots over the last 12 months across the auction houses wsky1 tracks — rare at auction (only a handful of lots a year). That puts it in the top 17% by auction activity among the 29,829 bottles wsky1 tracks — most collectable bottles hammer only a handful of times a year.

What is the current auction price of Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa'?

The latest hammer price for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' at auction is £230. Across the most recent 24 months of auction data, the median hammer price is £120, with a high of £230 and a low of £83. All prices are in GBP and exclude buyer's premium. Data is aggregated from major auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, and Bonhams.

How much has Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' changed in value over the past year?

wsky1 currently has fewer than 12 months of auction data for Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa', so a year-on-year trend is not yet computed. Recent hammer prices range from £83 to £230 (median £120).

Where can I sell Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa'?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' regularly appears at major Scotch whisky auction houses including Scotch Whisky Auctions (Scotland), Whisky Auctioneer (Scotland), Just Whisky, Whisky Hammer, and Bonhams. The current median hammer price is £120 (excluding buyer's premium). At most major houses, buyer's premium adds 24–28% on top of hammer for the buyer; sellers typically receive the hammer price minus a sales commission of 5–15%.

Is Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' a good investment?

Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' has appeared in 5 recorded auction lots in our database, with a current median hammer price of £120. wsky1 provides hammer-price data for informational purposes only — not investment advice.

How does wsky1 calculate the price of Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa'?

wsky1 ingests public auction results from major auction houses (via direct scraping of Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auctioneer, Bonhams, and Whisky Hammer, plus aggregated data from WhiskyHunter). For each bottle, we group hammer prices by year-month and compute the median price per month. The figures shown — latest £230, 24-month median £120 — are derived from this monthly-median methodology. All prices are hammer prices in GBP, excluding buyer's premium.

Does the price include buyer's premium?

No. All prices on wsky1 are hammer prices only. Buyer's premium at major Scotch whisky auction houses currently runs at 24–28% on top of the hammer price. A bottle of Kanosuke 2018 Artist Edition #004 ‘Keiko Yuasa' that hammers at £230 would cost the buyer approximately £290 all-in including buyer's premium.

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